Moving to London after uni? Searching for accommodation can be stressful and time consuming, as the founders of a new app discovered, when it took them 75 hours to search, find and organise viewings of […]
Government Urged to “Give North a Fair Deal on Transport”
Analysis by a leading think tank has shown that infrastructure spending in Yorkshire is lower than any other region and has urged the government to do more to increase transport spending across the North of England. According […]
London’s knife problem: The rise of violence on the capital’s streets
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Violent knife crime has risen shockingly in the past year, with offences in London up more than 34% since 2016. According to new data obtained by the BBC, knife crime is increasing nationally yet police […]
Saudi Arabia’s Aramco Looks to Slide Into New Territories
“It will be the biggest IPO on earth” Saudi Armco, the national oil company of Saudi Arabia, was planning to pull off the world’s largest ever initial public offering, however they are now reportedly reconsidering […]
Street Art: Public Nuisance or Counter-Cultural Force?
To a large proportion of the older generation, graffiti is nothing more than vandalism. However, much of the younger generation is waking up to the innate creativity involved in this art form, Editor-in-Chief, Reece Parker, […]
Nothing’s Sweet About The BAE And Uber Job Losses. But Is There A Silver Lining?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This month we have been forewarned of two major waves of redundancies being carried out in the coming months. Two major employers, BAE Systems and Uber (which doesn’t deserve the umlaut), succumbed to external factors […]
Campus Watch
University of St Andrews, Scotland: One student suspended and six disciplined after ‘acid attack threat’ One student has been suspended and six disciplined after indirect threats made through a Facebook group chat. These threats were made […]
Council Calls For Uber-Strict Regulation
Leeds City Council has called for stricter regulations around taxi licensing, after Uber was refused a new license in the capital, by Transport for London. The taxi company, used by over 3.5 million people and […]
Quick Fix for the UK’s housing market?
With the UK’s population continuously growing and with major cities such as London becoming overpopulated, the UK’s housing market is in a sticky situation. It is clear something major needs to be done, but what? […]
London fresher commutes from North Korea
You might think that the half an hour walk to the lecture hall or a twenty minute bus ride in is pretty bad, but it could be worse. You could be living in North Korea. […]
A Game of Monopoly
“The London housing crisis” is no stranger to headlines. Less familiar is the phenomenon of ‘ghost’ homes and the game of monopoly creating them. Across London, 20,000 so-called ‘ghost homes’ sit, uninhabited. Across England, multiply […]
Stormzy @ O2 Academy, 8/4/17
Leeds may be well and truly (ish) warming up for the summer, but the hottest place to be on a Saturday night in March was inside the small, dark O2 Academy, breaking a sweat with […]